A month or so earlier than normal, the Chinese government has announced the public holidays for next year. On October 26th 2021, the State Council released the official China public holiday 2022 schedule through its Circular of the General Office of the State Council on the Arrangement of Public Holidays in 2022 As is traditional, the […]
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Indian public and private banks will be closed on 21 days including the second and fourth Saturdays and Sundays in October 2021, owing to festivals.
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Banks in India will remain closed for up to 12 days in September 2021, including second and fourth Saturdays, and Sundays. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has categorised holidays under three categories — Holiday under Negotiable Instruments Act; Holiday under Negotiable Instruments Act and Real-Time Gross Settlement Holiday; and Banks’ Closing of Accounts. The […]
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Banks will remain shut for a total of 8 days in August on account of holidays. As per the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) holiday calendar list, all 8 holidays are state-specific holidays for different occasions. These exclude the regular holidays such as the second and fourth Saturdays of the month and Sundays. Both public […]
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According to the official list released by the Reserve Bank of India, July 2021 includes nine holidays due to various festivals in different states and six weekend days off. In July, the main holiday that will be applicable to all banks across the country is Eid-al-Adha (Bakrid) on July 21st. According to RBI guidelines, all […]
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According to the calendar released by the Directorate-General of Personnel Administration, civil servants will get a total of 115 days off next year, including the public holidays, all Saturdays and Sundays except for January 22nd according to the list. While the list of holidays is officially issued for government agencies and state-run entities, it is […]
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Banks in India will remain closed for nine days in the month of June, including the weekend holidays, according to the holiday calendar of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). The RBI’s calendar also showed that the schedule, except those for the weekends, would be different across various cities in the country. The three main […]
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The President of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, has declared Thursday May 13th 2021 as a regular holiday in observance of the Eid‘l Fitr, the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. The National Commission on Muslim Filipinos recommended the national holiday, Duterte said in Proclamation No. 1142. “The entire Filipino nation should have the full […]
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Generally, both private and public sector banks remain closed on all public or national holidays as well as on several festivals. They are also closed on the second, fourth Saturday, and all Sundays of each month. However, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has issued a calendar in which it has mention that the banking […]
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There will be five long weekends next year, one more than the four in 2021, the Ministry of Manpower has announced in its release on gazetted public holidays. As Labour Day and Hari Raya Puasa fall on consecutive days on Sunday May 1st and Monday May 2nd, they will be part of a single long […]
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